Biographical Sketches

Parker Country Pioneers and Settlers

. . . and Other Ancestors Buried at Clark Cemetery

This is where you will find captivating stories of courage and persistence and spirit and just plain humanity of our ancestors who fought to carve out a place for themselves in Northeastern Parker County and who settled the frontier among wild animals, Indians, lightning, fires, downpours, drought, disease and too many obstacles to list. We owe them our heritage and want to tell their stories here. We encourage you to send in stories of your ancestors along with any photos or portraits you might have so that we might share them among our community of families connected to Clark Cemetery.

Some of the ancestors to families today connected with Clark Cemetery include:

Ann Barker

James Barker

Jim Clark

George Lee Dobbs

John Godfrey

Mary Henderson Lafferty Godfrey

Daniel Kutch

Lewis Plato McDonald

Judge E.L.R. Patton

Henry Ward

Joe Woody, Sam Woody and the Woody Family Settlers